‘Punished because of how I look': Woman who splurged £52k of council money says ‘unfair’ treatment is because she’s attractive

A woman who spent over £50,000 of council money on a shopping spree has claimed she was punished because she’s attractive.

Michaela Hutchings, 23, spent £51,821 on designer shoes, handbags and sunglasses in a spree throughout April last year after the money was accidentally transferred into her account by Lichfield Council.

Hutchings, who avoided jail after complying with a judge’s orders to pay the money back by Christmas Eve, later claimed she would have been given only ‘a slap on the wrist’ if she hadn’t been so good looking.

The council money was spent on designer clothes and accessories (Picture: Facebook)

‘They’re punishing me because of the way I look,’ she said.

‘If I wasn’t much to look at and played the card of “Oh, I only get this much a month, I was in a bit of a sticky situation” I reckon I’d have got a slap on the wrist and just paid back a fiver a week.’

Hutchings treated herself to a Gucci bag, a Louis Vuitton bag and belt, and Dior sunglasses at Selfridges.

She claims her boyfriend of the time also spent thousands on clothes and accessories.